Now is the time when you choose a side. Are you for or against the Alien and Sedition Acts? I picked For

Write a two- or three-sentence statement that identifies your position and explains briefly why you hold it.

I am not in favor of these acts because they go against the right of people to express themselves freely and violated the first amendment of the constitution.

Explanation:

The alien and the sedition act was passed which provided harsh and very strong punishments for the people who made wrong statements and false statements who made interference with the prosecution of the war.

Very harsh punishments were given to the people who said something wrong about the government of the United Stats of America, about the flag or anything bad about the constitution. Nothing could be borne against anyone who agitated against the production.

after the civil war, and with the termination of slavery, the south was faced with a big problem; what was supposed to happen and how they were supposed to deal with the freedom and the rights that black people and freed slaves had gained as a result of the north defeating the south and forcing the end of slavery. first, most, if not all, of the workforce of the south came from slaves and they did not have an option to replace the loss of said workforce. second, particularly in the south, people were convinced that black people were lesser, less intelligent, less capable and less smart than whites. this posed a huge problem for them. also, southerners were faced with another issue; freed slaves now had a say in how their lives would be lived and the right to politically choose the way they would be governed. people in the south did not want to accept this, none of this and this opposition and the conflicts that arose from it, not to mention the afereffects of the war, forced the congress of the time to enact and enforce the reconstruction plans that had been proposed by president andrew johnson.